DOS - AUD-MERO-20-42 - 1

OIG recommends that the Bureau of African Affairs develop and implement bureau-wide standard operating procedures for conducting invoice reviews that include (a) steps to independently verify contractor performance is acceptable; (b) methods to ensure payments are authorized, accurate, legal, and correct and that the goods were actually received or services were actually performed; and (c) validation that the certifying officer makes payments only after receiving approval from an officer with knowledge of the receipt of the goods or services covered by the voucher.